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confederates 1 of 2

noun

plural of confederate
1
as in accomplices
one associated with another in wrongdoing the police were able to track down his confederates once the thief started talking

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as in supporters
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support relied on her confederates in the medical community for support

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confederates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of confederate
as in cooperates
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members the nations confederated in order to lower international trade barriers

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Recent Examples of confederates
Noun
Judge Nelson’s concerns are unfounded, as Kalshi and its confederates—Robinhood, Coinbase, and the CFTC—are not relying solely on the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act update to substantiate their claim that the CEA empowers the CFTC to regulate betting on the outcomes of sporting events. — Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Hynes died, but his three confederates have been subpoenaed to testify in my malicious prosecution lawsuit. — John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 As the fallout continues, and fans question the filming and casting decisions of parent company Disney, Paul’s MomTok confederates are issuing statements and subtweets. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026 Players can enrich themselves and their confederates, at least until they’re caught. — David French, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025 Trump reverted back to the names honoring confederates. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confederates
  1. accomplices
  2. supporters
  3. cooperates
  4. allies
  5. federates
  6. sympathizers
  7. unites
  8. collaborates
Noun
  • Federal prosecutors collected the text messages, emails, bank withdrawals and deposits, and confessions of Diamantis accomplices in his bribery and extortion scheme.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The accomplices each needed to grab one warrant in plain sight with all the other contestants milling about or else face elimination.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of accomplices
Noun
  • Some of the nations attending the meeting in western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, such as Poland and Romania, have been staunch supporters of Ukraine.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The case drew national attention and became racially charged, with supporters of Anthony criticizing the lack of Black jurors and calling for his acquittal, while supporters of the Metcalf family gathered outside the courthouse seeking justice.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of supporters
Verb
  • Cycling is another option when the coastal weather cooperates.
    — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026
  • If the horizon is clear and the weather cooperates, these are the evenings to circle on your skywatching calendar.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperates
Noun
  • Brown’s allies have called Husted the face of Ohio’s data center boom, blaming the massive facilities for contributing to rising electricity costs.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Their latest territorial gains cement the hold of Iran and its allies on the two waterways that the wider Gulf, including top crude exporter Saudi Arabia, relies on to ship its oil.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of allies
Verb
  • It will be won by organizations that consolidate and orchestrate with a vendor-neutral control plane that federates data, reasons across domains, governs agents as first-class citizens and connects to whatever the ecosystem looks like next quarter.
    — Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The exec brought up how Arte federates a network of 14 public broadcasters, has programs available in seven languages, and maintains strong ties with the creative ecosystem across Europe.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of federates
Noun
  • At the time, I was preoccupied with a Department of Homeland Security warning that Iranian actors and sympathizers could target the US with cyberattacks.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 20 Sep. 2026
  • President John Adams, after losing his 1800 reëlection bid, used his lame-duck period to fill the judiciary with sympathizers.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of sympathizers
Verb
  • What unites these seemingly disparate topics is Wilson’s knack for putting himself into scenarios with unusual people that lead him into unexpected territory—a lesson in the virtues of simple observation.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The Stoa conference joins a rich landscape of similar convenings, like Talking Galleries, which looks at the art market, and the Aspen Ideas Festival, which unites people from business, tech, media, public policy, and more.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of unites
Verb
  • The company operates as a specialist, non-bank senior lender with a team that collaborates across structured credit, investment banking and film and television finance.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The trips Sudō took with them, playing tour guide across remote regions of Japan, introduced her to many of the weavers and dyers, often working in small wooden ateliers attached to family homes, with whom Nuno still collaborates today.
    — Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
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“Confederates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confederates. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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